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A note on the quantum-mechanical Ricci flow

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-05-28 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We obtain Schroedinger quantum mechanics from Perelman's functional and from the Ricci flow equations of a conformally flat Riemannian metric on a closed 2-dimensional configuration space. We explore links with the recently discussed "emergent quantum mechanics".

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@article{arxiv.0808.2717,
  title  = {A note on the quantum-mechanical Ricci flow},
  author = {J. M. Isidro and J. L. G. Santander and P. Fernandez de Cordoba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.2717},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

8 pages, minor corrections, discussion expanded

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